Iker Romero

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Iker Romero
Iker Romero

Iker Romero on October 12, 2008

Player information
Full name Iker Romero Fernández
birthday June 15, 1980
place of birth Vitoria , Spain
citizenship SpaniardsSpaniards Spanish
height 1.96 m
Playing position Back center
Throwing hand right
Club information
society Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to society
1997-2000 SpainSpain BM Valladolid
2000-2001 SpainSpain Ademar León
2001-2003 SpainSpain BM Ciudad Real
2003-2011 SpainSpain FC Barcelona
2011-2015 GermanyGermany Foxes Berlin
National team
  Games (goals)
SpainSpain Spain 200 (753)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
2017– GermanyGermany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (assistant coach)

As of: national team June 5, 2014

Iker Romero Fernández (born June 15, 1980 in Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain ) is a former Spanish handball player . He is 1.96 m tall and weighs 100 kg.

Romero, who last played for the German club Füchse Berlin and appeared for the Spanish national team, was used in a variety of ways in the backcourt . Mostly he played on the back center .

Career

Iker Romero at the 2007 World Cup

In 1997 Iker Romero signed with his first professional team, BM Valladolid . In 2000 he moved to Ademar León for one season , with whom he won the Spanish championship in 2001. In the same year he moved to BM Ciudad Real . Here he won the Copa del Rey de Balonmano in 2003 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 2002 and 2003 . In 2003 he signed with FC Barcelona . With the Catalans he won the Spanish championship in 2006 and 2011, the Copa del Rey de Balonmano in 2004, the Spanish Supercup in 2004 and 2007 , the European Supercup in 2004 and the EHF Champions League in 2005 and 2011 .

Romero switched to the HBL-Bundesliga for the Füchsen Berlin in the 2011/12 season , with whom he won the DHB Cup in 2014 and the EHF Europe Cup in 2015 . After he announced in April 2014 that he would end his career at the end of the season and return to his homeland, he revised this decision in May 2014 and extended his contract in Berlin until 2015. He then ended his career.

Iker Romero had played exactly 200 international matches for the Spanish national team until June 5, 2014 , scoring 753 goals. In 2005 he won the World Cup in Tunisia with Spain . He also won at the 2008 Olympics and the 2011 World Championship bronze , and at the 2006 European Championship silver .

Romero has been working as an assistant coach at the German Bundesliga club TSV Hannover-Burgdorf since the 2017/18 season .

Bundesliga record

season society Division Games Gates 7 meters Field gates
2011/12 Foxes Berlin Bundesliga 27 66 15th 51
2012/13 Foxes Berlin Bundesliga 23 50 1 49
2013/14 Foxes Berlin Bundesliga 33 96 26th 70
2011-2014 total Bundesliga 93 212 42 170

Private

Romero is married to the German handball player Laura Steinbach .

Web links

Commons : Iker Romero  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ handball-world.com: Poland botched the dress rehearsal, Romero with the last international match , accessed on June 5, 2014
  2. ↑ handball-world.com: Iker Romero ends his career at Füchsen Berlin on April 22, 2014, accessed on April 22, 2014
  3. ↑ handball-world.com: Füchse confirm Christophersen's departure and present Romero as his successor from May 21, 2014, accessed on May 21, 2014
  4. ↑ handball-world.com: Füchse do not extend two contracts and confirm Romero's end of career on January 7, 2015, accessed on January 7, 2015
  5. ↑ www.handball-world.news: Hannover-Burgdorf replaces Bürkle, Iker Romero becomes assistant trainer on June 23, 2017, accessed on June 23, 2017
  6. ↑ handball-world.com: Iker Romero marries DHB national player on June 19, 2016, accessed on June 19, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Romero, Iker
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Romero Fernández, Iker (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish handball player
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Vitoria , Spain